Sunday, 6 March 2011

Tube of choice - I am using the artwork of Deacon Black which I purchased from CILM before it closed but am still trying to find out where his tubes are available at the moment!Scrapkit I am using is by Gothic Inspirations called 'Feeling Lucky' which you can find hereFonts - 'Kells Uncial' and 'Celtic' for the wordart, 'Cupiedoll' for your nameall are available to downlaod from free font sites if you google them!Plugins - eye candy gradient glowA little quickieOpen a new image 650x600 floodfill whiteCopy & paste the frame from the kit as a new layerusing your selection tool set to rectangle, draw around the frame just slightly smalleradd a new raster layer and floodfill black, drag below the frame layercopy the crystal curtain and paste as a new layer, position at top of frame, invert and deleteselect noneNow paste your tube of choice as a new layer, position and drop shadowcopy the doodle from the kit, resize by 65% and position above the black floodfilled layer, move to the side, duplicate and merge down, duplicate again and flipCopy the charmchain and paste as a new layer above the frame layer, resize and position along top of frame, sharpen & drop shadow, duplicate & flip, move into position at bottom of frameresize the clover1, copy & paste as a new layer, position at bottom of tag below the charm chain and use your deform tool to turn it slightly, sharpen & drop shadow, duplicate, image mirrorcopy the clover2, resize and position on the cauldron, change the opacity to screenHide background layer & merge visible all layers, resize by 90% and cropUsing the Kells font and dark green as background colour, type the word 'Twice' apply a yellow or orange gradient glow and add noise at uniform 30now change to the celtic font and type 'as Lucky' apply same gradient glow and noise and move below the first word (see tag above)resize the pipe from the kit and position below your words, sharpen & drop shadowadd your name using cupiedoll font and apply a white gradient glow and a drop shadowadd any copyright info and save as a Png!

Saturday, 12 February 2011

SuppliesTube of choice - I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey which is now available to purchase from Psp Tubes EmporiumScrapkit - a fabulous freebie kit from Vaybs called 'Pimp my Swag' which you can find on her blog hereThanks Vaybs!Mask of choice - I am using DBV mask 89 hereFont of choice - I am using 'Jo wrote a lovesong' and 'Urban Constructed'

Open a new image in PSP and floodfill whitecopy & paste element 37 as a new layerusing your selection tool set on rectangle, draw a rectangle around the framescopy paper12 and paste as a new layer, drag below the frame layer and positionselection invert and delete, do not deselect yetcopy a close-up of your tube and paste as a new layer, position how you want it to appear within the frame and then hit delete again, go back to your tube image and mirror it, copy and paste as a new layer, position again within the frames and hit delete, select nonemerge down the 2 tube layers and change the opacity to dodgeadd a drop shadow to the frame 1 1 70 5 blackhide the background layer and merge visible all layers, duplicate,unhide background and move the duplicate layer below the first one, mirror,merge these 2 layers and duplicateon the bottom layer apply a gaussian blur at 15 and merge these 2 layersCopy & paste element 46, using your magic wand click inside all the frames and expand by 7add a new raster layer & floodfill with a colour from your tubedrag below frame layer, paste some close-up images of your tube again, invert and deletechange the opacity of the tube layers to multiply, apply above drop shadow to framemerge these layers together and move below the main frame layer to the sidemerge down these layersAdd your main tube and drop shadow 5 5 70 11 blackadd some elements from the kit and colourise to match your tube using the hue & saturation toolapply a new raster layer above the background layer, select allcopy & paste Paper5 into selection, colourise and select noneapply your mask to the paper layer, delete & merge grouphide background and merge visibleresize and crop your tagadd your name & copyright infodelete the background layer & save as a Png!

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

SuppliesTube of choice - I am using a tube by Elias Chatzoudis which is available to purchase fom PTEScrapkit - a freebie kit from Mythical which you can download at Creative Misfits hereThank you!Masks of choice and font of choiceEye candy gradient glow

OK - open a new image in PSP 650x650 floodfill whitecopy & paste element 11click in the centre of the frame and expand by 10add a new raster layer & floodfill black, drag below the frame layernow copy & paste your tube as a new layer, invert & delete, select nonelower the opacity of your tube layercopy & paste the sparkles, 18 and place over your tube layer, resize to suitresize element 5 and position at bottom, apply a black gradient glowcopy & paste the bow, 12, resize and apply same gradient glow, positionresize element 31 and colourise to suit your tube using the hue & saturation tool, sharpen moreposition at top of frameusing white as your background colour, foreground nul, type the words 'in the Air' and apply a black gradient glow again, position below the wordartyou can use any element of choice from the kit to decorate your tagwhen happy, hide background layer & merge visible, resize by 85% and sharpenunhide background layer & croppaste your tube again and position to the side, drop shadow 5 5 70 11 blackApply a mask using a paper from the kit or floodfill a new raster layerType your name and add your copyright infodelete background layer & save as a Png

Monday, 31 January 2011

SuppliesTube of choice - I am using the artwork of Ted Hammond which may be purchased from CDOScrapkit - a little freebie kit from Ellanoir which is part of BNB blog train'All for love' you can find her part hereThank you!Mask I am using is WSL 86 which you can find hereHeart 1 preset shapeFonts of choice - I am using schneller & beautyschool dropouteyecandy gradient glow

OK - Open a new image 650x650 floodfill whiteset your preset shape to heart 1 and draw a heart, convert to raster layerduplicate and adjust blur, gaussian blur 10Paste your tube as a new layer drop shadow 3 3 70 9resize element 1 from the kit and paste as a new layer above the heart layerresize the cupcakes, sharpen and positioncopy & paste the butterfly, resize & sharpenUsing a colour of choice type your words of choice and position them on the heartadd a new raster layer above the background layer, select allCopy & paste paper 10 into selection, select noneApply your mask, delete & merge groupduplicate & flip, use your deform tool to position the mask layertype your name and apply a gradient glowresize & cropadd your copyright info and save as a Png

Tuesday, 28 December 2010

SuppliesTube of choice - I am using the artwork of Gennadiy Koufay which is available at the moment from CilmTemplate 60 by Sapphy which you can grab at her blog Demented Hallucinationz hereThank you!Scraps of choice - I am using a ptu kit by Digimania called '2011 wishes' which you can purchase here but any New Year scraps will do (I couldn't find any freebie kits so far this year)Mask of choice - I am using WSL 84 hereFont of choice - I am using 'Romance Fatal'eye candy gradient glow (optional)OK - Open the template in PSP, delete the copyright layer and the wordart layerclick on the circle layer, selections, select all, float, defloatcopy a paper of choice, paste as a new layer, invert and delete.delete the original layer, repeat this step with the outer circle layerCopy & paste your tube as a new layer, add a drop shadow 5 5 70 7 blackerase any overhang at the bottomresize and add elements of choice to decorate the tagadd a paper above the background layer and apply your maskadd your name and apply a white gradient glowresize and crop, add your copyright infosave as a Png!

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♣ Cathy ♣

FootnoteWith Cilm closing at end of the year I am not going to be amending all my tuts -at the time of writing tuts the tubes were available from the site stated.